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Wal-Mart wants to urn your business

Source: Chicago-Sun Times
Oak Forest : IL : USA | 22 days ago  
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Wal-Mart has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut most funeral homes, the major sellers of caskets. The move follows a similar one by discount rival Costco, which also sells caskets on its Web site. Wal-Mart put about 15 caskets and dozens of urns on its Web site last month.
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